Tumbler washer and drier



(ModeL) I. LEVITAS. TUMBLER WASHER AND DRIER.

N0. 417.257. Patented Dem-1'7, 188'9.

VLWMOL $552 135M5 5 Q VMme/Jow N. FUSES. Hula-lithograph". Washington. D.C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TSRAETA LEVTTAS OF MARINET'IE, \VlSP-ONSTY.

TUMBLER WASHER AND DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,257, dated December 17 1889.

Application filed May 29, 1889. Serial No. 312,487. (Modem To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, ISRAEL LEVITAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marinette, in the county of Marinette", State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tumbler-Washers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to tumblerwashers, and is especially adapted for use at soda -water fountains, saloons, and other places where the glasses and tumblers used therein should be quickly and thoroughly cleansed, the main object of the invention being the provision of a washer embodying the above points which is easy of operation, compact in the arrangement of its parts, and capable of production at a minimum cost.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of a tumbler-washer constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectiorion the line 1 y of'said Fig. 1.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

A is a sheet-metal tank of a suitable size provided with a bottom, as A, and sleeves A on its end walls, in which are j ournaled bails or handles A The top of the tank is bent inwardly and flanged, as at A forming asuitable ledge or shelf upon which the tray B may rest.

The tray B is provided with a series of perforations arranged in any desired manner of form, and is intended to receive the tumblers after they have been rinsed to dry, the drainwater passing through the said perforations and into the tank.

At one or more points, preferably at a corner of the .tray, there is an opening, into which is inserted the cylinder 0, which may be rigidly held in place therein by solder or other means. The cylinder 0 projects above the surface of the tray B and rests on the bottom A of the tank A, where it-is serrated, as at C, that water may be allowed to pass into and in its upward course through the cylinder.

0 is the head of the cylinder, which is provided with an opening C D is a disk of metal, which terminates in a curved lip D, serving as a hinge or pivot,

to the under surface of which disk is attached the disk D of leather, which covers C formed in the head of the cylinder, and serves the function of a valve.

' Reciprocating within the cylinder 0 is the plunger E, which has a suitable packing E, offelt or other material, fitting tightlyin place thereon and being held from downward displacement by resting on the flange E F represents a plu nger-liftin g spring, which is arranged within the cylinder, the lower end of which is engaged by the lip D of the disk D and the opposite end thereof abutting against the plunger E. The plunger is hollow and has a perforated top E X and an apertured bottom Within the spring F is a smaller spring I which presses on the disk D for yieldingly holding the same in place over the aperture formed in the head of the plunger E, the opposite end thereof also, as does the spring F, abutting against the plunger E.

The opening E is closed by means of a valve, which is composed of the disk 9, of metal, and the leather disk g, secured together, which is held in place over the opening by means of the spring g which at its opposite endbea'rs against the perforated top E X of the plunger E.

II is a cap, which is flanged, as at H, and fits snugly in place over the cylinder 0, or it may be screw-threaded or otherwise secured thereto, preferably so as tobe easily removed to give access to the interior of the cylinder for cleaning and repairing purposes, the plungerE abutting against the flange H, preventing the same from being forced out Of the cylinder by the springs 'F and F, and 1111113 limiting the stroke of the plunger.

The operation involved in cleansinga glass is as follows: ater being within the tank A and upper portion of the cylinder O,eontaining air, itis found necessary to expel the latter and have the space thus vacated occupied by water. \Vith this end in view the plunger is dev substantially as having a nerfc ated top, a valve in its botton.,' and a valve-closing spring, substantially as specified. 25

pressed, after a glass has been placed thereon, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, a desired distance, and the pressure then removed, thus allowing the plunger to resume its normal po- A tumbler-washer for a tray, consisting sltlon. In this act water is drawn up through of a valved cylinder having a valved plunger and a plunger-lifting spring, and acap against which the plunger strikes for limiting the movement of the plunger, substantially as 30 specified.

'4. A tumbler-washer consisting of a valved cylinder having a cap provided with a tumblerreceiving opening and a perforated valved plunger having a substantially flat 35 top and upwardly-projecting flange to receive the tumbler, and a spring for lifting said plunger, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISRAEL LEVIIAS.

the valve-opening in the head of the cylinder, which expels the air through the valveopening in the bottom of the plunger. Downward pressure is repeated until a desired quantity of Water is within the cylinder What I claim is A tray having a I serrated cylinder provided with a valved head, a valve-closing spring,,a plunger reciprocating in said cylindcr provided with a valve-closing spring and a perforated top, and aplunger-liftii'lg spring,

specified. 2. A tank having a cylinder provided with a valved head, the valve terminatingin'a lip, a valve-closing spring, a plunger-1i ft-i ng sprin g adapted to be engaged by the lip of the valve, a plunger reciprocating in said cylinder and \Vitnesses:

JAMES A. RAPPE, ROWLEY MORRIS. 

